Mark D. Bright (born 1955) is an American comic book and storyboard artist. Often credited as M.D. Bright, and sometimes as Doc Bright (a play on his initials), he is best known for pencilling the Marvel Comics Iron Man story Armor Wars, the two Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn miniseries for DC Comics, for painting the iconic cover to Marvel Comics' Transformers #5, (featuring the Decepticon Shockwave and the haunting words "Are All Dead" underneath the series title), and for co-creating Quantum and Woody with writer Christopher J. Priest. Mostly out of comics, Bright is now a freelance storyboard artist, although he and Priest reunited for a 5-issue Quantum and Woody miniseries [1] published by the new incarnation of Valiant Comics in 2014-2015, but set in the continuity of the original Quantum and Woody series.

His work in comics began in 1978 with a three-page story in House of Mystery #257 (April 1978)[2] His first regular work was providing the art for the Christopher J. Priest (then going by the name "Jim Owsley,") penned Falcon mini-series in 1983. One issue had been completed by artist Paul Smith, and Bright pencilled the remaining three issues.

(Quantum and Woody note: The series was canceled in 1998 with issue #17. When Acclaim Comics reorganized and relaunched its comic book line the following year, Quantum and Woody resumed publication. As a joke to capitalize on the number of months that had passed since issue #17, the first new issue released was #32, to match the number of months the series had been off the stands, as if the series had continued all along. Issue #32 features a storyline that has jumped ahead, with no indication of what has happened just before, and a cliffhanger ending that only would have been resolved had Quantum and Woody continued publishing for an additional 15 months. The following month it resumed its original numbering at #18, picking up the narrative from #17. Bright pencilled through issue #20, but issue #21 was a fill-in by artist Oscar Jimenez, and the series' last, as it was cancelled once again.)

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Hawkeye (comics)
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Hawkeye is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared as a villain in Tales of Suspense #57 and he has been a prominent member of the team ever since. He was also ranked at #44 on IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Heroes list, Hawkeye is portrayed by Jeremy Renner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a shared fictional universe that is the setting of films produced by Marvel Studios. Renner first made an cameo appearance in Thor and later played a larger role in The Avengers, Avengers, Age of Ultron and Captain America. Hawkeye was introduced as a reluctant villain in Tales of Suspense #57, after two more appearances as a villain in Tales of Suspense #60 and #64, Hawkeye joined the ranks of the Avengers in Avengers Vol.1 #16. He became a member of the team and has made numerous appearances in all five volumes. Hawkeye was also part of the Avengers in Secret Wars #1–12, Hawkeye featured prominently in the limited series West Coast Avengers #1–4, before appearing in the ongoing title, which ran for 102 issues from October 1985–January 1994. The title was renamed Avengers West Coast from #46, Hawkeye also starred concurrently in almost every issue of Solo Avengers which ran for 40 issues from December 1987–January 1991. From 1998 to 2002, Hawkeye featured significantly in issues #20–75 and Annual #2000 of the title Thunderbolts, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. He appeared as a character in Avengers Academy from issue #21 through its final issue #39 and as team leader in Secret Avengers from issue #22 through its final issue. Hawkeye appeared in Vol.2 of Secret Avengers by Nick Spencer, Hawkeye appeared as a regular character in the 2010-2013 Secret Avengers series, from issue #21.1 through its final issue #37. Hawkeye featured in the Marvel crossover event House of M and he later appeared in the New Avengers series from issues #26–64 plus New Avengers Annual #2 and Annual #3. Continuing as Ronin, the played a important part in the crossover event Secret Invasion #1–8. The company wide crossover event Dark Reign saw Hawkeye feature prominently in New Avengers, The Reunion #1–4 and Dark Reign and he later went on to feature in the Siege #1–4 crossover event. Hawkeye has appeared in solo adventures over the years. He appeared in Hawkeye Vol.1 #1–4, written by Mark Gruenwald, Hawkeye then appeared in Hawkeye Vol.2 #1–4 and Hawkeye, Earths Mightiest Marksman #1. In 2003, Hawkeye had a short lived on-going series, Hawkeye Vol.3, #1–8, writer Jim McCann and artist David Lopez had another unsuccessful attempt at an ongoing series with Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1–6. The series did however spin into two limited series, beginning with Widowmaker #1–4 and then Hawkeye, Blindspot #1–4, a fifth volume, entitled All-New Hawkeye, began in March 2015, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Ramon Perez

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Iron Man
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Iron Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, the character made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. He instead creates a suit of armor to save his life. Later, Stark augments his suit with weapons and other technological devices he designed through his company and he uses the suit and successive versions to protect the world as Iron Man, while at first concealing his true identity. Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology, subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have transitioned from Cold War themes to contemporary concerns, such as corporate crime and terrorism. Iron Man has been adapted for several animated TV shows and films, the character is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the live action film Iron Man, which was a critical and box office success. Iron Man was ranked 12th on IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011, in 1963, Lee had been toying with the idea of a businessman superhero. He wanted to create the quintessential capitalist, a character that would go against the spirit of the times, Lee said, I think I gave myself a dare. It was the height of the Cold War, the readers, the young readers, if there was one thing they hated, it was war, it was the military. So I got a hero who represented that to the hundredth degree. He set out to make the new character a wealthy, glamorous ladies man, writer Gerry Conway said, Here you have this character, who on the outside is invulnerable, I mean, just cant be touched, but inside is a wounded figure. Stan made it very much an in-your-face wound, you know, his heart was broken, you know, but theres a metaphor going on there. And thats, I think, what made that character interesting, Lee based this playboys looks and personality on Howard Hughes, explaining, Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-billionaire, a ladies man, without being crazy, he was Howard Hughes, Lee said. While Lee intended to write the story himself, a minor deadline emergency eventually forced him to hand over the issue to Lieber. The art was split between Kirby and Heck and he designed the costume, Heck said of Kirby, because he was doing the cover. The covers were always done first, but I created the look of the characters, like Tony Stark and his secretary Pepper Potts. In a 1990 interview, when asked if he had a model for Tony Stark. Heck replied No, I would be thinking more along the lines of some characters I like, which would be the kind of characters that Alex Toth liked

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Comic book
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A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative, although comics has some origins in 18th century Japan and 1830s Europe, comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s. Comic books are reliant on their organization and appearance, authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions. These characteristic aspects of books are necessary in conveying the content. The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons, text, balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element. The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction, there are many technological formulas used to create comic books, including directions, axes, data, and metrics. Following these key formatting procedures is the writing, drawing, Comics as a print medium have existed in America since the printing of The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck in 1842 in hardcover, making it the first known American prototype comic book. The introduction of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shusters Superman in 1938 turned comic books into a major industry, the Golden Age originated the archetype of the superhero. Historians generally divide the timeline of the American comic book into eras, the Golden Age of Comic Books began with the introduction of Superman in 1938, spurring a period of high sales. The Silver Age of comic books is considered to date from the first successful revival of the then-dormant superhero form. The demarcation between the Silver Age and the era, the Bronze Age of Comic Books, is less well-defined. The Modern Age of Comic Books runs from the mid-1980s to the present day, in response to attention from the government and from the media, the U. S. comic book industry set up the Comics Magazine Association of America. The CMAA instilled the Comics Code Authority in 1954 and drafted the self-censorship Comics Code that year and it was not until the 1970s that comic books could be published without passing through the inspection of the CMAA. In the early 1970s, a surge of creativity emerged in what known as underground comix. Published and distributed independently of the comics industry, most of such comics reflected the youth counterculture. Underground comics were almost never sold at newsstands, but rather in such youth-oriented outlets as head shops and record stores, frank Stacks The Adventures of Jesus, published under the name Foolbert Sturgeon, has been credited as the first underground comic. The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created/paralleled a dedicated market for independent or alternative comics in the U. S, some independent comics continued in the tradition of underground comics. A few represented experimental attempts to bring closer to the status of fine art

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Marvel Comics
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Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc. formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwides parent company, Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvels modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. Most of Marvels fictional characters operate in a reality known as the Marvel Universe. Martin Goodman founded the later known as Marvel Comics under the name Timely Publications in 1939. Martin Goodman, a magazine publisher who had started with a Western pulp in 1933, was expanding into the emerging—and by then already highly popular—new medium of comic books. The issue was a success, with it and a second printing the following month selling, combined. While its contents came from an outside packager, Funnies, Inc, Timely had its own staff in place by the following year. It, too, proved a hit, with sales of one million. Goodman formed Timely Comics, Inc. beginning with comics cover-dated April 1941 or Spring 1941, Goodman hired his wifes cousin, Stanley Lieber, as a general office assistant in 1939. Lee wrote extensively for Timely, contributing to a number of different titles, Goodmans business strategy involved having his various magazines and comic books published by a number of corporations all operating out of the same office and with the same staff. One of these companies through which Timely Comics was published was named Marvel Comics by at least Marvel Mystery Comics #55. As well, some covers, such as All Surprise Comics #12, were labeled A Marvel Magazine many years before Goodman would formally adopt the name in 1961. The post-war American comic market saw superheroes falling out of fashion and this globe branding united a line put out by the same publisher, staff and freelancers through 59 shell companies, from Animirth Comics to Zenith Publications. Atlas also published a plethora of childrens and teen humor titles, including Dan DeCarlos Homer the Happy Ghost, Atlas unsuccessfully attempted to revive superheroes from late 1953 to mid-1954, with the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Atlas did not achieve any hits and, according to Stan Lee, Atlas survived chiefly because it produced work quickly, cheaply. During this time, the Comic Code Authority made its debut in September 1954, Wertham published the book Seduction of the Innocent in order to force people to see that comics were impacting American youth. He believed violent comics were causing children to be reckless and were turning them into delinquents, in September 1954, comic book publishers got together to set up their own self-censorship organization—the Comics Magazine Association of America—in order to appease audiences

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Transformers (comics)
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There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991 and this was followed by a second volume titled Transformers, Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. The third series is currently being produced by IDW Publishing starting with an issue #0 in October 2005, there are also several limited series being produced by IDW as well. In addition to three main publishers, there have also been several other smaller publishers with varying degrees of success. The Transformers comic by Marvel was the first and arguably the best known Transformers comic, although it was originally intended to be a 4-issue limited series, it expanded into an ongoing series, which ran for 80 issues before being cancelled. The final cover read 80 in a 4 issue limited series, issues #5–15, 17-32, 35-42 and 44-56 were written by Bob Budiansky, with Marvel UK writer Simon Furman taking over for the remainder of the comic. The comic did not attempt to follow the show and some elements, most notable was the absence of characters from season 3 like Ultra Magnus, Springer, Arcee, Metroplex and Wreck-Gar. The comic started much the same as the show, a crash landing the Ark on Earth in the distant past. They are befriended by Buster Witwicky and his brother Spike eventually joins the cause as Autobot leader when he became the head of commander Fortress Maximus. There occurs a considerable amount of fractioning and in-fighting in both the Autobots and Decepticons, however, the series climax occurs when both sides, Autobots and Decepticons, form an uneasy peace to defend Cybertron from Unicron. A few of the issues were reprinted by Marvel in a digest sized magazine called The Transformers Comics Magazine that ran 10 issues from 1987 to 1988. Marvel had also reprinted some of early issues in 1985. In latter years, when other companies were able to obtain the license for the Transformers, they were able to gain access to the Marvel series. From 2001 to 2003, Titan Books reprinted numerous Marvel issues in a series of 14 trade paperbacks, years later they were able to do more reprints but only in the U. K market. IDW Publishing reprinted numerous Marvel issues as well, as part of the Transformers, Generations series that ran 12 issues, issues were also reprinted in The Transformers Magazine, that ran four issues in 2007, while other collections were published in 2008 and 2009. IDW began publishing another new series of reprints called Transformers Classics and this six volume series started getting published in June 2011. Meanwhile, a 100 Penny Press, Transformers Classics #1 mini edition was published in June 2011. Some issues were reprinted in the hardcover book Transformers, The Best Of Simon Furman in July 2007

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Shockwave (Transformers)
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Shockwave is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers franchise. Throughout his incarnations, he is distinguished by a laser cannon instead of one of his hands and his distinctive face. He is also portrayed as a cold, emotionless Decepticon that serves as Megatrons mad scientist. Due to issues with Hasbros trademark of the name Shockwave, some products were released under the name Shockblast or Shockblast the Great. As the Decepticons military operations commander, Shockwaves power is only to Megatron. And that problem is, how can he use his abilities to most effectively eliminate the greatest number of enemies, unfortunately for the Autobots, it is rare that Shockwave does not find an answer. Unlike most early Transformers Shockwave was not modified into an Earthly form and he possesses the power of flight in both modes, and commands the totality of the electromagnetic spectrum allowing him to emit beams of energy in a wide variety of forms. His high energy output makes him particularly fuel inefficient, but radioactive fuel sources stored in the reactor in his chest can help Shockwave to overcome this problem. Although his logical brain center is usually an advantage, human adversaries often pose more of a difficulty to Shockwave, as more intuitive, Shockwave concluded that he should rule so that no emotion should prevent the Decepticons from conquering the universe. This was retained in most comic books, where Shockwave became leader of the Decepticons, unusually for a 1985 toy, Shockwave was part of Transformers fiction from the first year, appearing in both the original cartoon pilot and 4-issue comic book miniseries. According to writer Bob Budiansky, the character of Shockwave was inspired by Spock from the Star Trek series, Shockwave was voted the 2nd top Transformer who was badass in the comics by Topless Robots. Wired Magazine once nominated him as one of the 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time, Shockwaves characterization in the animated series is based on an early profile written for the character which presented him to be the guardian of Cybertron, with no desires beyond that station. His toys tech spec and Transformers Universe profile, however, wrote of a character who sought to overthrow Megatron and this was the version of the character who impressed fans with his appearance in Marvels Transformers comic book series. Also, unlike his cartoon incarnation, in which he was depicted as an easily beatable foe, his comic incarnation was very powerful. These Dinobots engaged Shockwave, but he slyly outmaneuvered them, a stalemate was reached when the last strike by the Dinobots before sinking into the pit saw them bury Shockwave under a landslide, where he remained for four million years. In 1984, Shockwave was reawakened by an Autobot probe dispatched from the Ark and he quickly struck the weakened Autobots, who had just defeated Megatrons forces. However, Prime was able to transfer the Matrix into Buster Witwickys mind, preventing Shockwave from giving life to his newest creation, Prime then battled Shockwave and hurled him into a swamp. Shockwave was able to extricate himself in order, and attempted a series of failed plans, such as draining sonic energy from a rock concert

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Montclair, New Jersey
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Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of 2010, it was the 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey, Montclair was first formed as a township on April 15,1868, from portions of Bloomfield Township, so that a second railroad could be built to Montclair. After a referendum held on February 21,1894, Montclair was reincorporated as a town and it derives its name from the French mont clair, meaning clear mountain or bright mountain. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has an area of 6.315 square miles. Montclair is on the east side of the First Mountain of the Watchung Mountains, some higher locations in the township provide excellent views of the surrounding area and of the New York City skyline about 12 miles away. Named localities in the township include Frog Hollow, Montclair Heights, South End, Upper Montclair, Montclair citizens use two main ZIP codes. The central and southern parts of the township are designated 07042, Upper Montclair lies north of Watchung Avenue and has a separate ZIP code,07043. Because the ZIP codes do not exactly match municipal boundaries, a few homes near the borders with neighboring towns fall into the ZIP codes for those communities. A few homes in some adjoining municipalities use one of the two ZIP codes assigned to Montclair, as does HackensackUMC Mountainside, whose campus straddles the border with Glen Ridge, small areas in the southeast of the township fall into the Glen Ridge ZIP code 07028. Yantacaw and Toneys brooks are dammed in parks to create ponds, wigwam, Nishuane, and Toneys brooks flow into the Second River, and the others flow into the Third River. Montclair lies just north of the northernmost extent of the Rahway River watershed, the southern border of Montclair is a straight line between Eagle Rock, on the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain, and the point where Orange Road crosses Nishuane Brook. The eastern border is roughly a line between that point and a point just southwest of where Broad Street crosses the Third River. The western border runs roughly along the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain between Eagle Rock and the Essex County/Passaic County border, the northern border is the border between those two counties. Montclair has a climate, with warm-to-hot, humid summers and cool to cold winters. January tends to be the coldest month, with high temperatures in the upper 30s Fahrenheit. July, the warmest month, features high temperatures in the mid-80s and lows in the 70s, from April to June and from September to early November, Montclair experiences temperatures from the lower 60s to the lower 70s. Montclair gets approximately 50 inches of rain per year, above the United States average of 39 inches, snowfall is common from December to early March, and totals about 30 inches annually. The number of each year in Montclair with any measurable precipitation is 90

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New Jersey
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New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies entirely within the statistical areas of New York City. New Jersey was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, in the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. New Jersey was the site of decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century. In the 19th century, factories in cities such as Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, around 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, New Jersey bordered North Africa. The pressure of the collision between North America and Africa gave rise to the Appalachian Mountains, around 18,000 years ago, the Ice Age resulted in glaciers that reached New Jersey. As the glaciers retreated, they left behind Lake Passaic, as well as rivers, swamps. New Jersey was originally settled by Native Americans, with the Lenni-Lenape being dominant at the time of contact, scheyichbi is the Lenape name for the land that is now New Jersey. The Lenape society was divided into clans that were based upon common female ancestors. These clans were organized into three distinct phratries identified by their animal sign, Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf and they first encountered the Dutch in the early 17th century, and their primary relationship with the Europeans was through fur trade. The Dutch became the first Europeans to lay claim to lands in New Jersey, the Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern Middle Atlantic states. Although the European principle of ownership was not recognized by the Lenape. The first to do so was Michiel Pauw who established a patronship called Pavonia in 1630 along the North River which eventually became the Bergen, peter Minuits purchase of lands along the Delaware River established the colony of New Sweden. During the English Civil War, the Channel Island of Jersey remained loyal to the British Crown and it was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that Charles II of England was proclaimed King in 1649, following the execution of his father, Charles I. The North American lands were divided by Charles II, who gave his brother, the Duke of York, the region between New England and Maryland as a proprietary colony. James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River to two friends who had remained loyal through the English Civil War, Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton, the area was named the Province of New Jersey. Since the states inception, New Jersey has been characterized by ethnic, New England Congregationalists settled alongside Scots Presbyterians and Dutch Reformed migrants

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Pratt Institute
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It originated in 1887 with programs primarily in engineering, architecture, and fine arts. U. S. News & World Report lists Pratt as one of the top 20 colleges in the Regional Universities North category. Princeton Review recognizes Pratt as being one of the best colleges in the northeast, Pratt Institute was founded in 1887 by American industrialist Charles Pratt, who was a successful businessman and oil tycoon and was one of the wealthiest men in the history of Brooklyn. In 1867 Pratt established Charles Pratt and Company, in 1874 Pratt’s companies were purchased by John D. Rockefeller and became part of his Standard Oil trust while Pratt continued to run the companies himself. Pratt, an advocate of education, wanted to provide the opportunity for working men and women to better their lives through education, even though Pratt never had the opportunity to go to college himself, he wanted to create an affordable college accessible to the working class. In 1884 Pratt began purchasing parcels of land in his affluent home town of Clinton Hill for the intention of opening a school, the school would end up being built only two blocks from Charles Pratt’s residence on Clinton Avenue. From his fortunes with Astral Oil and Charles Pratt and Company, in May 1887 the New York State Legislature granted Charles Pratt a charter to open the school, on October 17,1887, the Institute opened to 12 students in the Main Hall. Tuition was $4 per class per term, the college was one of the first in the country open to all people, regardless of class, color, and gender. In the early years, the Institute’s mission was to offer education to those who never had it offered to them before, Pratt sought to teach people skills that would allow them to be successful and work their way up the economic ladder. Specifically, many programs were tailored for the growing need to train workers in the changing economy with training in design. Early programs sought to teach students a variety of such as architectural engineering, mechanics, dressmaking. Graduates of the school were taught to become engineers, mechanics, drawing, whether freehand, mechanical, or architectural, thought of as being a universal language, united such diverse programs and thus all programs in the school had a strong foundation in drawing. In addition, the curriculum at the Institute was to be complemented by a large Liberal Arts curriculum. Students studied subjects such as history, mathematics, physics, and literature in order to understand the world in which they will be working in. Six months after inception the school had an enrollment of nearly 600 students, by the first anniversary of the school there were 1,000 students in attendance. In five years time the school had nearly 4,000 students, in 1888 Scientific American said of the school that “it is undoubtedly the most important enterprise of its kind in this country, if not in the world”. Andrew Carnegie even visited Pratt for inspiration and used the school as a model in developing Carnegie Technical Schools, now Carnegie Mellon University. As public interest grew in the school and demand increased the school began adding new programs including the Pratt High School, Library School, Music Department, and Department of Commerce

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Falcon (comics)
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Falcon is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan, and introduced in Captain America #117, Falcon uses mechanical wings to fly and has limited telepathic and empathic control over birds. Following Steve Rogers retirement, Sam Wilson becomes the newest Captain America, a similar, unrelated character of the same name and powers was created in 1939 by writer-artist Bill Everett for Marvel Comics predecessor company, Timely Comics. The Falcons deceased nephew was the Incredible Hulks sometime-sidekick Jim Wilson, Jim Wilsons father Gideon Wilson would go on to join the Gamma Corps. Sam also has a sister named Sarah Casper and a nephew, named Jody Toby Casper and an unnamed niece. Anthony Mackie portrays Falcon in the 2014 Marvel Studios film, Captain America, The Winter Soldier and reprises his role in Avengers, Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Captain America, one of the biggest steps we took in this direction came in Captain America. I enjoyed drawing people of every kind, I drew as many different types of people as I could into the scenes I illustrated, and I loved drawing black people. I always found their features interesting and so much of their strength, spirit, I approached Stan, as I remember, with the idea of introducing an African-American hero and he took to it right away. I looked at several African-American magazines, and used them as the basis of inspiration for bringing The Falcon to life and he was introduced as an unnamed former resident of New York Citys Harlem neighborhood, who had adopted a wild falcon he trained and named Redwing. He escaped, but remained on the island to organize the natives to confront the Exiles, in issue #186, writer Steve Englehart retconned aspects of the Falcons past. The Falcon briefly joined the team the Defenders, appearing in issues #62–64. He starred in his own four-issue miniseries in 1983, written by Jim Owsley and its first issue was illustrated by Paul Smith with the final three issues by Mark Bright. The series revealed that the Falcon was a mutant, although development was later retconned in the Avengers 2001 Annual. After regularly appearing in Captain America vol,2, the Falcon rejoined the Avengers in The Avengers vol. This time, he remained with the team, becoming one of its most prominent members by issue #57, concurrently, he was also a supporting character in Captain America vols. The Falcon next appeared in the short-lived Captain America and the Falcon series, after the events of the storyline Avengers Disassembled, when the Scarlet Witch temporarily restored his criminal personality, the Falcon became a supporting character in Captain America vol. The Falcon continued to play a significant role in the series after it returned to its numbering, beginning with Captain America #600. Falcon was a member of the Avengers in the 2012 Marvel NOW. relaunch, on July 16,2014 Marvel Comics announced that The Falcon would become the new Captain America

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Aquaman
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Aquaman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73, initially a backup feature in DCs anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age, in the 1990s Modern Age, Aquamans character became more serious than in most previous interpretations, with storylines depicting the weight of his role as king of Atlantis. Aquaman has been adapted for many times, first appearing in animated form in the 1967 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Actor Alan Ritchson also portrayed the role in action in the television show Smallville. Jason Momoa portrayed the character in the 2016 film Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice and will reprise his role in the DC Extended Universe, the characters original 1960s animated appearances left a lasting impression, meaning Aquaman is widely recognised in popular culture. My mother died when I was a baby, and he turned to his work of solving the oceans secrets and his greatest discovery was an ancient city, in the depths where no other diver had ever penetrated. My father believed it was the lost kingdom of Atlantis and he made himself a water-tight home in one of the palaces and lived there, studying the records and devices of the races marvelous wisdom. From the books and records, he learned ways of teaching me to live under the ocean, drawing oxygen from the water and using all the power of the sea to make me wonderfully strong and swift. By training and a hundred scientific secrets, I became what you see — a human being who lives and thrives under the water, in his early Golden Age appearances, Aquaman can breathe underwater and control fish and other underwater life for up to a minute. Initially, he was depicted as speaking to sea creatures in their own rather than telepathically. Aquamans adventures took place all across the world, and his base was a fishing boat kept underwater. During his wartime adventures, most of Aquamans foes were Nazi U-boat commanders, Aquamans last appearance in More Fun Comics was in issue #107, before being moved along with Superboy and Green Arrow to Adventure Comics, starting with issue #103 in 1946. Aquamans adventures continued to be published in Adventure Comics through the 1940s and 1950s, the first of these elements was the story Aquamans Undersea Partner in Adventure Comics #229, where his octopus sidekick, Topo, was first introduced. This and subsequent elements were later, after the establishment of DCs multiverse in the 1960s, eventually, Arthur decided to use his talents to become the defender of the Earths oceans. It was later revealed that he had, in his youth, adventured as Aquaboy and on one occasion, met Superboy, when Arthur grew up, he called himself Aquaman. It was later revealed that after Atlannas death, Tom Curry met and married a human woman and had a son named Orm Curry. Orm grew up as a youth in the shadow of his brother

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Firebrand (DC Comics)
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Firebrand is a name that has been used by four heroes by DC Comics. Originally drawn by Reed Crandall, Firebrand appeared in Police Comics, issues #1 through 13, firebrands costume consisted of a transparent shirt and red pants, with a bandana mask covering the top half of his face. After DC purchased Quality Comics, Firebrand was largely left on the sidelines until 1981, at this time it was retconned that Rod had been injured in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and replaced by his sister, Danette Reilly. Rod Reilly later recovered and joined the Freedom Fighters, #12, it is strongly implied that Firebrand was killed by the Dragon King. 5, Rods sister Danette discovers that Rod is Firebrand while staying at his penthouse, volcanologist Danette Reilly is the sister of Rod Reilly, the first Firebrand. During her escape, she was struck by a bolt of lightning, the combination of the lightning and magic lava not only allowed her to survive, but to develop the power to control heat and project plasma blasts. Her powers surfaced after she discovered her brother Rods costume and put in on, as Rod had been injured during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Danette decided to become the new Firebrand. Due to Per Degaton going back to 1947 when he was defeated the All-Star Squadron forgot his attack, originally she was quite racist towards the Japanese. However she visited her brother in hospital and he revealed he had saved from death by a soldier whose parents were from Japan. Firebrand realized she had been racist and should show respect towards those from Japan. Danette appears in Crisis on Infinite Earths, wherein she was rejoined by her former lover. Cyclotron, although deceased, phased into her time to assist her, Danette assumed partial custody of his daughter Terri, along with fellow hero the Atom. This makes her technically the godmother of Terris son, Atom Smasher and her later adventures during World War II have thus far been unchronicled. After World War II ended, Danette assisted and later married the Shining Knight, together they faced the Dragon King and Danette was apparently killed. Her name is a homage to creator Roy Thomas wife, Danette Dann Thomas, instead, Danette Reily was introduced into the series. Firebrand was ranked 67th in Comics Buyers Guides 100 Sexiest Women in Comics list, Firebrand made a cameo appearance in the Young Justice, Invasion episode Cornered. She was depicted as a statue alongside other golden age heroes in the Hall of Justice, in February 1996, DC introduced a third Firebrand, former police detective Alejandro Alex Sanchez. After nearly dying in an explosion destroyed his apartment, Sanchez underwent experimental surgery to restore his mobility